Noi
@acenoi.bsky.social
Spends too much time online that could be used on something constructive. 🇵🇷
He/Him, ENG/SPA OK.
Amo a mi esposa, @schalaasha.bsky.social
He/Him, ENG/SPA OK.
Amo a mi esposa, @schalaasha.bsky.social
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Noi
@acenoi.bsky.social
· Jan 8
New year, new media thread. Enough fell through the cracks in both 2023 and 2024 that I've got plenty to play this year, even if I pick up noting new throughout it (as if that's gonna happen).
#Noi2025
#Noi2025
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61. Soul of Sovereignty Chapter 3
Every new chapter makes me reconsider whether or not pallid women deserve nice things.
Oh well, at least Tutu is still super cute.
Every new chapter makes me reconsider whether or not pallid women deserve nice things.
Oh well, at least Tutu is still super cute.
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
61. Soul of Sovereignty Chapter 3
Every new chapter makes me reconsider whether or not pallid women deserve nice things.
Oh well, at least Tutu is still super cute.
Every new chapter makes me reconsider whether or not pallid women deserve nice things.
Oh well, at least Tutu is still super cute.
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60. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
As a wise person once said: "If you have nothing nice to say, don't spend time writing about it in our social media page lest you want to invite unneeded discourse and drama into your life from strangers who spend too much time looking this shit up."
As a wise person once said: "If you have nothing nice to say, don't spend time writing about it in our social media page lest you want to invite unneeded discourse and drama into your life from strangers who spend too much time looking this shit up."
December 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
60. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
As a wise person once said: "If you have nothing nice to say, don't spend time writing about it in our social media page lest you want to invite unneeded discourse and drama into your life from strangers who spend too much time looking this shit up."
As a wise person once said: "If you have nothing nice to say, don't spend time writing about it in our social media page lest you want to invite unneeded discourse and drama into your life from strangers who spend too much time looking this shit up."
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76. Terminator 2D: No Fate
It looks good, and it plays good with tight level design and weapon design. Very polished. It's too bad they couldn't get Arnold's likeness. It's short, but has a lot replay value with alternate routes and difficulties like an old arcade game from the 1990s.
It looks good, and it plays good with tight level design and weapon design. Very polished. It's too bad they couldn't get Arnold's likeness. It's short, but has a lot replay value with alternate routes and difficulties like an old arcade game from the 1990s.
December 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
76. Terminator 2D: No Fate
It looks good, and it plays good with tight level design and weapon design. Very polished. It's too bad they couldn't get Arnold's likeness. It's short, but has a lot replay value with alternate routes and difficulties like an old arcade game from the 1990s.
It looks good, and it plays good with tight level design and weapon design. Very polished. It's too bad they couldn't get Arnold's likeness. It's short, but has a lot replay value with alternate routes and difficulties like an old arcade game from the 1990s.
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59. Terminator 2D: No Fate
Every second spent on this sent me back to a time when I'd sink so many hours playing garbage licensed OCEAN titles like Flinstones and Dennis the Menace, only this one is actually good and a pretty fun (if short) romp. Thankfully more Elevator Action than it is Contra.
Every second spent on this sent me back to a time when I'd sink so many hours playing garbage licensed OCEAN titles like Flinstones and Dennis the Menace, only this one is actually good and a pretty fun (if short) romp. Thankfully more Elevator Action than it is Contra.
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
59. Terminator 2D: No Fate
Every second spent on this sent me back to a time when I'd sink so many hours playing garbage licensed OCEAN titles like Flinstones and Dennis the Menace, only this one is actually good and a pretty fun (if short) romp. Thankfully more Elevator Action than it is Contra.
Every second spent on this sent me back to a time when I'd sink so many hours playing garbage licensed OCEAN titles like Flinstones and Dennis the Menace, only this one is actually good and a pretty fun (if short) romp. Thankfully more Elevator Action than it is Contra.
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58. I watched my wife play enough of this that I will now be highly suspicious if she ever gets me a bowl of soup
75. Road to Empress I
This game has a lot of what I'm looking for in a modern FMV game. Not only are the acting and scene blocking really good, but the production values, music, and costumes/makeup are fantastic! It has telenovela camera angles, hairpin stabs, and much drama.
Don't drink the soup!
This game has a lot of what I'm looking for in a modern FMV game. Not only are the acting and scene blocking really good, but the production values, music, and costumes/makeup are fantastic! It has telenovela camera angles, hairpin stabs, and much drama.
Don't drink the soup!
December 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
58. I watched my wife play enough of this that I will now be highly suspicious if she ever gets me a bowl of soup
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Took some time to unpack a few thoughts on Expedition 33.
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
The Attempt To Escape From Pain Creates More Pain
Lord forgive me, I'm blogging. I can't help it! Many years ago, I got some advice from a writer who I deeply respect, James Howell, and he told me that criticism needs to proceed confidently. Don't...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Took some time to unpack a few thoughts on Expedition 33.
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
Watching what I thought was a "pretty good" game get transformed into A Cultural Object has been disheartening.
So I have some thoughts on glitz, glamour, and respectability...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8027631...
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Blades of Fire Day One Edition PS5 / XBSX is on sale at VGP!
$49.99 / 34.99 USD
👉 tinyurl.com/4ythv56e
- Enjoy Free Shipping when you spend $75 / 55 USD
$49.99 / 34.99 USD
👉 tinyurl.com/4ythv56e
- Enjoy Free Shipping when you spend $75 / 55 USD
December 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Blades of Fire Day One Edition PS5 / XBSX is on sale at VGP!
$49.99 / 34.99 USD
👉 tinyurl.com/4ythv56e
- Enjoy Free Shipping when you spend $75 / 55 USD
$49.99 / 34.99 USD
👉 tinyurl.com/4ythv56e
- Enjoy Free Shipping when you spend $75 / 55 USD
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74. Lost Soul Aside
Got this at launch and had to drop it for another game, but with the latest patches, it runs a lot better and feels better to play. It's a mid/unpolished game, but the presentation is really pretty and flashy and the music is alright. The bosses are really fun and super-flashy!
Got this at launch and had to drop it for another game, but with the latest patches, it runs a lot better and feels better to play. It's a mid/unpolished game, but the presentation is really pretty and flashy and the music is alright. The bosses are really fun and super-flashy!
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
74. Lost Soul Aside
Got this at launch and had to drop it for another game, but with the latest patches, it runs a lot better and feels better to play. It's a mid/unpolished game, but the presentation is really pretty and flashy and the music is alright. The bosses are really fun and super-flashy!
Got this at launch and had to drop it for another game, but with the latest patches, it runs a lot better and feels better to play. It's a mid/unpolished game, but the presentation is really pretty and flashy and the music is alright. The bosses are really fun and super-flashy!
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57. Lost Soul Aside
Not a great game, but also not a bad game. Its very pretty and has a lot of neat spectacle scenes but it doesn't lacks the kind of polish you'd expect from this kind of game which leads to a lot of awkward/janky and low budget moments. Both combat and the bosses were fun though!
Not a great game, but also not a bad game. Its very pretty and has a lot of neat spectacle scenes but it doesn't lacks the kind of polish you'd expect from this kind of game which leads to a lot of awkward/janky and low budget moments. Both combat and the bosses were fun though!
December 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
57. Lost Soul Aside
Not a great game, but also not a bad game. Its very pretty and has a lot of neat spectacle scenes but it doesn't lacks the kind of polish you'd expect from this kind of game which leads to a lot of awkward/janky and low budget moments. Both combat and the bosses were fun though!
Not a great game, but also not a bad game. Its very pretty and has a lot of neat spectacle scenes but it doesn't lacks the kind of polish you'd expect from this kind of game which leads to a lot of awkward/janky and low budget moments. Both combat and the bosses were fun though!
Im really interested in the direction AC8 seems to be taking; I dont think the series has gone so big on face to face side character interactions since Electrosphere (which im in the middle of playing!). I like vignettes, but Im glad they have the confidence to try this kind of storytelling again.
December 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Im really interested in the direction AC8 seems to be taking; I dont think the series has gone so big on face to face side character interactions since Electrosphere (which im in the middle of playing!). I like vignettes, but Im glad they have the confidence to try this kind of storytelling again.
Ok I guess I gotta get back on that series playthrough before *that* new deadline hits
December 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Ok I guess I gotta get back on that series playthrough before *that* new deadline hits
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I remember doing the deal for Epic Mickey, and Bob Iger shooting laser beams out his eyes at me in the Disney dining room. “Don’t let this video game fuck up Mickey.”
Oh well. That’s over.
Oh well. That’s over.
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I remember doing the deal for Epic Mickey, and Bob Iger shooting laser beams out his eyes at me in the Disney dining room. “Don’t let this video game fuck up Mickey.”
Oh well. That’s over.
Oh well. That’s over.
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This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
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🌟 rolling 🌈 rolling 🎶 rolling 🌐
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🌟 rolling 🌈 rolling 🎶 rolling 🌐
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55. Blades of Fire
I think this game has a lot of great characters and funny quirky writing. I don't really like this developer's output much so this game came as a genuine surprise. The forging weapons stuff is neat, and the game is gigantic. The postgame is robust and the soundtrack isn't bad.
I think this game has a lot of great characters and funny quirky writing. I don't really like this developer's output much so this game came as a genuine surprise. The forging weapons stuff is neat, and the game is gigantic. The postgame is robust and the soundtrack isn't bad.
July 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
55. Blades of Fire
I think this game has a lot of great characters and funny quirky writing. I don't really like this developer's output much so this game came as a genuine surprise. The forging weapons stuff is neat, and the game is gigantic. The postgame is robust and the soundtrack isn't bad.
I think this game has a lot of great characters and funny quirky writing. I don't really like this developer's output much so this game came as a genuine surprise. The forging weapons stuff is neat, and the game is gigantic. The postgame is robust and the soundtrack isn't bad.
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I may have forgotten i even played DD2 this year
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I may have forgotten i even played DD2 this year
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Sabrina Carpenter: Braver and more powerful than Nintendo and Microsoft combined.
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sabrina Carpenter: Braver and more powerful than Nintendo and Microsoft combined.
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i am begging game developers and musicians who are not putting your soundtracks on bandcamp/ampwall to just... do that... please... i will not be streaming your music off A Music Service. let me actually give you money.
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
i am begging game developers and musicians who are not putting your soundtracks on bandcamp/ampwall to just... do that... please... i will not be streaming your music off A Music Service. let me actually give you money.
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Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
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56. This dang ass Snoopy game that my wife made me do all of her minigames for.
Charlie Brown kinda deserves all the bullying he gets after this one.
Charlie Brown kinda deserves all the bullying he gets after this one.
72. Snoopy and the Great Mystery Club
These damn kids lose everything and anything, and they keep wanting Snoopy to do their chores.
When a PERFECTLY CAPABLE Charlie Brown made the dog fetch his shoes, I knew that Charlie Brown was up to no good.
Lucy is still my clone.
These damn kids lose everything and anything, and they keep wanting Snoopy to do their chores.
When a PERFECTLY CAPABLE Charlie Brown made the dog fetch his shoes, I knew that Charlie Brown was up to no good.
Lucy is still my clone.
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
56. This dang ass Snoopy game that my wife made me do all of her minigames for.
Charlie Brown kinda deserves all the bullying he gets after this one.
Charlie Brown kinda deserves all the bullying he gets after this one.
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55. 9 Years of Shadows
Took a bit of warming up to this one, but one double jump later I can say this was one of the better search actions I've played this year. Great spritework and colors, neat traversal tools, and I dug the Rayearth-like aesthetic the protagonist has going.
Took a bit of warming up to this one, but one double jump later I can say this was one of the better search actions I've played this year. Great spritework and colors, neat traversal tools, and I dug the Rayearth-like aesthetic the protagonist has going.
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
55. 9 Years of Shadows
Took a bit of warming up to this one, but one double jump later I can say this was one of the better search actions I've played this year. Great spritework and colors, neat traversal tools, and I dug the Rayearth-like aesthetic the protagonist has going.
Took a bit of warming up to this one, but one double jump later I can say this was one of the better search actions I've played this year. Great spritework and colors, neat traversal tools, and I dug the Rayearth-like aesthetic the protagonist has going.
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visual novels with barebones gameplay always make me tired... i've come to realize that if a game is 80% vn i would usually rather it just be 100. i don't want to move with the wasd keys man just put the story in the bag
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
visual novels with barebones gameplay always make me tired... i've come to realize that if a game is 80% vn i would usually rather it just be 100. i don't want to move with the wasd keys man just put the story in the bag
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54. The Last of Us Part 2
This OTOH was my first time playing the sequel and jesus its the most vile case of misery porn I've ever seen lobbed at fans of their own game. Sacrificing every bit of goodwill to beat you over the head with the most basic morality cudgel, Druckmann shouldn't have a job.
This OTOH was my first time playing the sequel and jesus its the most vile case of misery porn I've ever seen lobbed at fans of their own game. Sacrificing every bit of goodwill to beat you over the head with the most basic morality cudgel, Druckmann shouldn't have a job.
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
54. The Last of Us Part 2
This OTOH was my first time playing the sequel and jesus its the most vile case of misery porn I've ever seen lobbed at fans of their own game. Sacrificing every bit of goodwill to beat you over the head with the most basic morality cudgel, Druckmann shouldn't have a job.
This OTOH was my first time playing the sequel and jesus its the most vile case of misery porn I've ever seen lobbed at fans of their own game. Sacrificing every bit of goodwill to beat you over the head with the most basic morality cudgel, Druckmann shouldn't have a job.
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53. The Last of Us Part 1
Played this for my wife, who "missed" it a decade ago and appreciated having the blind spot in her knowledge filled up. I've always been pretty neutral on this one: pretty alright "zombie" game story, could understand why it got that big even if I didn't quite agree.
Played this for my wife, who "missed" it a decade ago and appreciated having the blind spot in her knowledge filled up. I've always been pretty neutral on this one: pretty alright "zombie" game story, could understand why it got that big even if I didn't quite agree.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
53. The Last of Us Part 1
Played this for my wife, who "missed" it a decade ago and appreciated having the blind spot in her knowledge filled up. I've always been pretty neutral on this one: pretty alright "zombie" game story, could understand why it got that big even if I didn't quite agree.
Played this for my wife, who "missed" it a decade ago and appreciated having the blind spot in her knowledge filled up. I've always been pretty neutral on this one: pretty alright "zombie" game story, could understand why it got that big even if I didn't quite agree.